Double Edged Swords

Excerpt from film "Mystery of Chessboxing" (1979)
To master this game you have to be, very calm, but also quick of wit, sharp of eye, fast of mind, slow of tongue, quick to see

[Chorus]
Swords double edged, I saw trouble ahead
In this royal rumble, try not to fall and tumble from ledge
Humbly pledged not to self destruct
Who else to trust my inner wealth can't be felt or touched

[Verse 1]
Nice guys finish last I'll end your life
Line quick and fast slice with knives stick
And stab witness the wrath obey bow on your knees
I'm vicious and bad you're way out of your league
I'm a wolf in sheep's clothing look the speech's golden
You won't win, you're shook from thee explosion
The short fuse was lit feel the force of pugilist
You haught but overthrown in your fort I'm mutinous
Assault with major crisis stalk with razors and ice picks
It's high risk, so walk the way of the righteous
Offer praise to your highness your royal majesty
Or endure casualty it'll be pure agony
Make sure damage is done there's pure anguish to come
Watch you walk the plank; I'm more rank than the slums
Drank rum with the treacherous, I'm dodging the traps
Fangs and tongues is venomous I'm watching my back
From your squadrons attack with my all seeing eye
Which is lofty and high make you bawl, weep, and cry
I crawl and creep inside your camp thief in the night
For sure I'm lethal I'll advance with needles and spikes
I'm an iron hand in a velvet glove
In violent clash you sliding in trails of blood
Won't smile and laugh I hold and I bare a grudge
Take final gasps I smite with an assailants thud

[Chorus]
Swords double edged, I saw trouble ahead
In this royal rumble, try not to fall and tumble from ledge
Humbly pledged not to self destruct
Who else to trust my inner wealth can't be felt or touched
Swords double edged, I saw trouble ahead
In this royal rumble, try not to fall and tumble from ledge
Humbly pledged not to self destruct
Who else to trust my inner wealth can't be felt or touched

[Verse 2]
It's element of surprise
Attempt to defy I'll see through your deceptive disguise
You met your demise behold amazing grace
When pressure's applied I know you're saving face
Brutality bludgeon it's cruelty in the dungeon
True indeed you move foolishly with assumptions
You dug an early grave the slugger will firmly raid
The hunter is serving bait you tug at the pearly gates
The hammer shatters glass but it forges steel
I laugh at the aftermath on the haunted hills
You're born to get killed a walking crash collision
Got gauntlet and shield I wore the mask of the villain
You lack precision you're in need of improving
You're brash decisions will surely lead to your ruin
I've reached a conclusion I'm the worst you came across
I lurk in ya train of thought you perps gonna pay the cost
You're a prisoner of war I'm the winner of the brawl
You're too bitter to look into the mirror on the wall
Slither on the floor snakes face the consequences
Stomp you senseless I devastate the trauma's endless
I'm armed with vengeance my wrath's enormous
Martyrs are sentenced to everlasting torment
Lone chop sever yeah I'm wicked and monstrous
I won't stop ever until the mission's accomplished

[Chorus]
Swords double edged, I saw trouble ahead
In this royal rumble, try not to fall and tumble from ledge
Humbly pledged not to self destruct
Who else to trust my inner wealth can't be felt or touched
Swords double edged, I saw trouble ahead
In this royal rumble, try not to fall and tumble from ledge
Humbly pledged not to self destruct
Who else to trust my inner wealth can't be felt or touched